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  • How did the Industrial Revolution help Britain’s global empire?
    It produced goods to sell and used colonies for raw materials
  • What does the word revolution mean?
    A big change
  • What disease spread in crowded cities due to dirty water?
    Cholera
  • What new social class grew because of factory jobs?
    The working class
  • Who improved the steam engine and made it more efficient?
    James Watt
  • Where did many factory workers live?
    In crowded, dirty city housing (tenements)
  • What were labor unions created for?
    To protect workers’ rights and improve conditions
  • What does the word urban mean?
    Related to a city
  • What did more railways mean for businesses?
    Faster trade and more profit
  • What industry used machines like the spinning jenny and the water frame?
    The textile industry
  • What city became a symbol of industrial growth?
    Manchester
  • What invention made it possible to send messages quickly across long distances?
    The telegraph
  • What new type of power helped machines and factories run?
    Steam power
  • What law tried to limit child labor and improve factory conditions?
    The Factory Acts
  • “My engine changed the world!” — Who am I?
    James Watt
  • What is one positive effect of the Industrial Revolution?
    Cheaper goods / more inventions / new jobs
  • “I built the Rocket!” — Who am I?
    George Stephenson
  • What happened to air and water as more factories were built?
    They became polluted
  • What was one important effect of steam power?
    It made transportation and industry faster
  • What were working conditions like in early factories?
    Long hours, unsafe, noisy, crowded
  • Before the Industrial Revolution, where did most people live and work?
    On farms/in villages
  • What did George Stephenson invent?
    The first steam-powered train (“The Rocket”)
  • What invention by Richard Arkwright changed how cloth was made?
    The water frame
  • What was the main fuel used to power steam engines?
    Coal
  • What is one negative effect of the Industrial Revolution?
    Pollution / poor working conditions / child labor
  • What effect did trains have on cities?
    Cities grew as goods and people moved faster
  • What lesson can we learn from the Industrial Revolution?
    Progress must care for people and the environment
  • What invention allowed goods and people to travel much faster across Britain?
    The railway/train
  • What is child labor?
    When children work in factories or mines
  • How old could some children be when they started factory work?
    As young as five
  • After the Industrial Revolution, where did many people move to?
    Cities
  • What is a factory?
    A building where goods are made by machines
  • Who might say this: “I invented a faster spinning machine”?
    Richard Arkwright
  • What does industry mean?
    Making things in factories
  • What invention used steam to power ships across oceans?
    The steamship
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